Josephians Clinch Top 5 Positions at Text Recital Competition
1 July 2022
Three Josephians placed in the top five at a national Chinese text recital competition. Read what drew them to the language.
Our multi-racial trio from SJI – Kaedrin Herman Isaacs (MN103), Ingo Ruediger Sebening (MN103), Miguel Phua Hong Han (FN102) – clinched the top 5 positions at the 5th Text Recital Competition for Primary and Secondary Schools. Jointly organised by the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL), Anderson Primary School and Singapore Chinese Teachers Literary Recital Society, the boys were selected from over 2000 participants in Singapore.
In an interview with LianHeZaoBao (opens in new tab), Kaedrin Herman Isaacs mentioned that he learnt Chinese since he was in kindergarten and fell in love with the language. He had taken part in similar competitions since primary school which helped him to improve his oratory skills.